Book Challenge End-of-the-Year Wrap-Up by A Book Wanderer

My 2022 Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

Hello Readers! This was my fifth year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. If you’ve never heard of the challenge, you can learn about it here. There’s also an informative Goodreads group, a Facebook group, and several reader-created groups on StoryGraph, as well. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. The list creators are always encouraging readers to make the list their own and to interpret the prompts in the way that is best for their own use, as well. When I first saw the list of prompts for 2022, I was very excited for them, but they ended up being more challenging than I expected!

You can see what I originally planned to read in My Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2022 and what I’d managed to read halfway through the year in My Popsugar Reading Challenge 2022 Mid-Year Update. After comparing my original and finished lists, I managed to read 31 out of 63 books I’d originally planned (4 spots were left blank for mood reading, and I read one book I’d planned to use but didn’t), although I did shift a few books around to other prompts where they fit better. As usual, my advanced reader copies took over the list. I read 34 ARCs, 26 books off my backlist, and 3 newly acquired books, making my challenge total = 63 books.

Let’s take a look at what I read this year!

  • My favorite prompt: A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship. This one was fun to fulfill, but I also loved all the diverse prompts, too.
  • My least favorite prompt: A book with a palindromic title. (advanced prompt) This prompt was hard to fill and confusing—especially since I was trying to use books I already owned. There was also much debate in the Goodreads group about whether it should be one word (ex. Madam) or the entire title (ex. Never Never). I went with the second option, which gave a little more flexibility, but probably wasn’t what the creators intended.
  • My hardest prompts to fulfill: The Duology advanced prompts. Each time I’d find something I thought would work, the author would announce another book. 😃
  • A prompt I hope to see again: A book that takes place during your favorite season. I love seasonal reads!
  • ✅ A book by a Latinx author – Kulti by Mariana Zapata
  • ✅ A book with an onomatopoeia in its title – Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
  • ✅ A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid – Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2) by Chloe Liese
  • ✅ A book about a “found family” – The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  • ✅ An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner – Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • ✅ A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read – Elsewhere by Alexis Schatkin (previous read was An Echo in the Bone) (My Review)
  • ✅ A book about a band or musical group – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • ✅ A book with a character on the ace spectrum – The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
  • ✅ A book with a recipe in it – This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
  • ✅ A book you can read in one sitting – Heartstopper: Volume 2 by Alice Osman

• Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge (I like to challenge myself by choosing a prompt from each past challenge, and this year I chose almost all travel-themed prompts.)

Advanced Prompts

  • ✅ A book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title – The Life We Almost Had by Amelia Henley (My Review)
  • ✅ A book that features two languages – Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  • ✅ A book with a palindromic title – Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher
  • ✅ A duology (1) – West Side Love Story (Queens of Mariachi, #1) by Priscilla Oliveras (My Review)
  • ✅ A duology (2) – Kiss Me, Catalina (Queens of Mariachi, #2) by Priscilla Oliveras (My Review)
    I definitely stretched this prompt, but at the time of my reading, there were only two books available in the series, with no mentions of more. Worked for me! 😆

Congratulations on making it to the end! Did you also participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge? Let me know in the comments!

Happy Wandering!

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